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From Sketch to Story
Learn how to turn your drawings into characters people feel something for in 4+ hours of lessons across 5 in-depth modules.
✏️ Drawing Isn’t Just About Lines. It’s About Story.
Welcome to From Sketch to Story, a course where simple sketches grow into expressive characters with personality, emotion, and meaning. No perfection required.
Have you ever looked at a rough sketch and thought, “There’s something here, but I don’t know how to bring it to life”?
Or maybe you’ve stared at a blank page, wondering how artists turn loose lines into characters that actually feel real.
Here’s the truth:
You don’t need to be “naturally talented” or have everything planned out to tell stories through your art.
What you do need is a clear creative process and the right tools to turn intuition, emotion, and ideas into characters that belong to a world of their own.
✨ In this course, you’ll learn how to:
✏️ Turn loose sketches, shapes, and rough ideas into characters with meaning
🧠 Move past creative blocks using intuitive, pressure-free storytelling prompts
🎭 Develop a personal visual language through expression, mood, and detail
👥 Create characters that feel connected to a world, a moment, or a story
This is storytelling through drawing made approachable, human, and creatively freeing.
Forget rigid rules and art that feels like an assignment.
Inside From Sketch to Story, you’ll build confidence by exploring ideas, emotions, and narratives through your sketches, then shaping them into finished illustrations that feel intentional.
Whether you’re early in your drawing journey or simply craving deeper meaning in your work, this course gives you the tools to move from instinct to clarity.
🖌️ No art school required. No perfection expected. Just your sketches, your ideas, and the stories waiting inside them.
Unsure How to Make Your Characters Feel Real?
Have you ever sat down to draw and had plenty of ideas but didn’t know how to turn them into something that connects with people? Your sketches might look okay, but the characters feel flat, lifeless, or unfinished.
I’ve been there.
For a long time, I struggled to give my characters personality and story until I discovered a clear approach: focusing on character development, storytelling, and simple techniques that make sketches feel alive. That’s when everything changed.
From Sketch to Story isn’t just about drawing. It’s about transforming ideas, shapes, and scribbles into characters with personality, emotion, and story. In this course, I’ll guide you step by step so your characters don’t just exist; they speak, act, and belong on the page.
Let’s create stories together, one sketch at a time!
Hi! I’m Laura Dumitriu,
a children’s book illustrator, digital artist, and educator specializing in character design. Originally from Romania, I’ve been passionate about art since high school and university, but it wasn’t until 2019 that I fully transitioned into illustration—a field that gives me a deep sense of purpose and joy.
My work is all about creating diverse characters, drawing inspiration from the world around me and my love of travel. I enjoy exploring different cultural influences and incorporating them into my style, always striving to bring more representation and vibrancy into my art.
Over the past ten years, I’ve had the privilege of working with incredible brands like Reddit, Huion, FlexiSpot, Paperlike, and XP-Pen, and my art has been featured in Character Design Quarterly Magazine. In the last three years alone, I’ve illustrated over 10 children’s books.
IMAGINE BRINGING YOUR CHARACTERS TO LIFE
✏️ Imagine you’ve completed From Sketch to Story.
✏️ Imagine you’ve practiced, explored, and finally created characters that feel real, expressive, and full of personality.
✏️ Finally, you can share your work proudly, knowing your sketches tell a story and connect with others.
For so long, you may have compared your drawings to others or wondered if your ideas were strong enough. Now you recognize the effort, creativity, and heart in every sketch. You see the potential in your own characters and the stories they carry.
How does that feel?
Today you can choose to invest in your creativity and your artistic journey. Investing in yourself is one of the most meaningful steps you can take. Developing your storytelling through art enriches your mind and your imagination, and today you can finally take that step forward.
In this course, we’ll explore techniques, exercises, and creative prompts to help you develop characters and turn your sketches into compelling stories. I’ll be with you every step of the way, guiding you from initial idea to finished illustration.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT THE COURSE:
MY STUDENTS' WORK:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Create Expressive Characters
Turn sketches into characters full of personality, emotion, and story.
Tell Visual Stories
Make your illustrations communicate meaning, action, and narrative.
Build a Confident Process
Move from ideas to finished art using a clear and repeatable workflow.
COURSE CONTENT
The course has 4 modules for 5+ hours of learning and practicing. It also includes XX+ video tutorials! You can pause and replay the videos as much as you want. It would be best to take the course in order, because it will start from the basics to lessons at a more advanced level.
Practice makes perfect!
IN MY COURSE YOU WILL LEARN:
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INCLUDED IN MY COURSE FEE
Fundamentals & Materials
We will look together at the materials, basic techniques, and knowledge needed to begin this journey. Approaching a new technique means first learning how best to use the tools at your disposal.
Practical Exercises
Theory is important, but what makes you a true artist is practice! You'll find lots of exercises to get started with and from which to get inspiration. I will show you some tricks that will make your drawings truly unique and masterpieces.
Lifetime Access
Once you register for the course, you will have lifetime access and you can watch it whenever you want! This will enable you to better learn even the most difficult notions. You don't have a deadline, you can take the course even for 5 minutes a day!
Flexibility
This is one of the course's strengths: being able to watch the videos wherever you want, whenever you want, and as many times as you want. The course is available from any device so you can watch the course from the comfort of your home or take a single lesson on the train!
Community of Artists
As soon as you sign up for the course, you will join a group of people who, like you, share this passion and are following the same course as you. This means you'll be able to exchange ideas, tips or ask questions because you'll be surrounded by people who love art the same way you do!
My Support
On this journey, you will never be alone! You can write to me and you will receive my feedback as soon as possible, so you will always feel supported. Sometimes, approaching drawing is not easy. You may feel that you are not enough, but don't worry: I will be there to help you, step by step!
Find out more about what you'll get with the course!
This isn’t just another art course, it’s an adventure that will level up your creativity while keeping things fun and stress-free! You don’t need fancy skills or years of experience, just a curious mind and a willingness to play. And the best part? You’ll be creating awesome characters in no time!
What to Expect?
🎥 HD Video Lessons – Watch in crystal-clear quality, with adjustable speed, audio, and resolution.
👀 Visual Learning – I pack my lessons with easy-to-follow steps, references, and tons of inspiration.
💬 Community Support – Ask questions, share your work, and learn new tricks from fellow doodlers!
🎨 Practical & Hands-On – We’ll cover color basics, tools, and techniques, making sure you can apply what you learn immediately.
You can replay lessons anytime, anywhere, at your own pace, so there’s no pressure, just pure creative exploration.
So, what are you waiting for? Let’s turn your ideas from Sketch to Story!
BONUSES:
Extra contents that you will get for free with the course
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My Guarantee to Every Student
If you are not satisfied with the course for any reason, you have the right to obtain a full refund within the first 14 days. This is my guarantee to you, I want all my students to be satisfied. Also, this means that there is no risk as well! Give it a try and experience the course first-hand!
